Chapter 71 – Continue on (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

If not the beasts or ferocious beasts, then what would they be hunting?

Shao Xuan was perplexed, but before he had the time to raise any questions, Ta came over.

Since they were the advance group, naturally they needed to set out earlier than the other hunting groups, in order to explore the way.

“Okay, is everybody ready to go?” Ta called on the warriors in the advance group, and when they were about to move, Ta turned to Shao Xuan, “Can you keep up with me? Just don’t force it. The advance group is not like other hunting groups such as Mai’s.”

Ta meant that the advance group would be much faster in the speed, and he probably could lend a hand to help him out a little if Shao Xuan could not keep abreast with the others.

“Not yet. I guess I should first give it a try.” Shao Xuan had no idea about the speed of the advance group. Although he thought that he could do it, he decided not to be overconfident. What if it turned out that he could not keep up with the others? He would be the one who suffering from his own words.

Ta kept quiet at Shao Xuan’s response, and led the warriors into the forest after giving the signal to other group leaders by gesticulations. In the blink of an eye, over forty warriors disappeared in the verdant mountain forests.

Finally, Shao Xuan knew what it was like to be part of the advance group. Ta said that the advance group was not like other hunting groups. Shao Xuan now realized that it was like comparing a normal electric cars with a motorcycle in full speed. He barely had the time to pay attention to the surroundings.

Fortunately, Shao Xuan made fast progress these days. His speed was really faster compared with when he had just awakened, or else he might literally fall behind of the advance group.

They needed to sweep over this place in a short period of time, to detect whether there were any ferocious beasts that might be dangerous to the warriors, or any other variable factors. Every member in the advance group had gone towards their planned destination, so when the forty-member group entered, they broke up the whole into parts and disappeared in a second. Shao Xuan could only see Ta and another warrior named Ah-Suo, who was almost the same age as Tuo and Keke.

Aside from Shao Xuan, the others were doing the scouting in a two-warrior team. Surely they already knew the place that they were going to scout.

After running for some time, Ta stopped at their rendezvous point. Later on, the other warriors would come to this place for reunion after they finished exploring.

“Ah-Suo, you take care of him in here while I scout.” Ta left right after he said that.

Ah-Suo was quite close with Tuo, but he did not appreciate Shao Xuan that much. Before they entered the forest, he was one of the people mocking at the kid. How could a newly-awakened warrior be of any help? Based on the main leader’s description, it seemed that this kid was more like a mascot. He was nothing but a lucky charm, and now someone had to stay with him for protection all along. Ah-Suo despised that at heart, and deep down he prayed, hoping that this kid would not hold them back like Ah-Fei did.

When Ta had left, Ah-Suo paid attention to the surroundings. Since they entered the woods, he had not bothered to look at Shao Xuan.

It was very quiet, and the cry of birds and animals could be heard constantly. Originally Ah-Suo was prepared that Shao Xuan might be chatty and ask some stupid questions. However, after waiting for quite some time, Ah-Suo heard no questions, even no sound was made. When he first joined the advance group, he had been curious about everything for a pretty long time. Most people would try to ask more questions whenever possible. Shao Xuan was literally the first one that kept his silence like that.

Ah-Suo couldn’t help but take a quick glimpse at Shao Xuan when he pretended to view the surrounding situation. Quickly he looked away, but after some hesitation, he looked back again at Shao Xuan.

Even though Ta did not run on full speed since he entered the forest, the speed was much faster than the other hunting groups. Being a warrior who had just been awakened this year, it was pretty difficult for him to keep up with the team without help from the others. Back then when Ah-Suo himself first tagged along with the advance group, he did not ask for any help either, but it took him quite some time to catch his breath while waiting at the rendezvous point. He barely recovered from the fatigue after the warriors arrived at the rendezvous point. However, Shao Xuan was merely a little short of breath. He was not even sweating! Standing there, he still had the energy to keep guard at the surroundings, as if he was not exhausted from the running at all.

Was he really a junior warrior who just awakened this year? And he came from the orphan cave down the mountain?

“Aren’t you tired?!” Ah-Suo was totally stunned.